Tag - playstation
mardi 2 août 2011
PlayStation Vita to be released this October?
Par Bruno le mardi 2 août 2011, 12:58
The UK release date for Sony’s upcoming handheld console has been leaked by
Blockbuster, according to reports. A flyer was allegedly handed out with
details of the console, the PS Vita, including a release date of October 28th,
although this …
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jeudi 9 juin 2011
Sony unveils 24 inch 3D display for PlayStation
Par Bruno le jeudi 9 juin 2011, 11:14
Sony has announced that it has plans for a 24 inch 3D monitor designed to help more PS3 owners dive into the world of 3D gaming on their console.
The 3D display will come bundled with a pair of 3D specs, an HDMI cable and a copy of Resistance 3. It’ll be out this autumn with a US price tag of $499, so hopefully a bit less in pounds over here.
The monitor is a full HD 1920×1080 LCD affair and it’s specifically designed to show off 3D at its best, with quad-speed frame sequential display technology which minimises crosstalk. In plain English, this avoids distortion and gives the clearest and most realistic 3D image possible.
Other specifications include a 5000:1 contrast ratio and 4ms response time which should ensure gaming runs nice and smoothly.
There are other innovations here, too, including a very neat sounding feature whereby two players can look at the display and see different full-screen images of the game they’re playing via their glasses.
In other words, it’s possible to play a local multiplayer game not using split-screen, but with both players using the same (full) screen and seeing their own individual content. Clever indeed, but you’ll need two pairs of glasses, of course…
A slim design is promised and two speakers plus a built-in subwoofer should ensure that the sound coming out of this display is reasonable.
The 3D glasses will be sold separately for $70 should you need a second pair for that multiplayer gaming feature. Get ready for some 3D gaming come the autumn…
samedi 28 mai 2011
O2′s white Sony Ericsson Xperia Play finally on sale
Par Bruno le samedi 28 mai 2011, 08:29
O2 has finally ironed out the problems it was having with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and the exclusive white version of the gaming phone is now available from the network.
The so-called PlayStation phone launched on April 1st (at some retail outlets anyway), so O2 has fallen two months behind thanks to the software issues it encountered.
However, with these solved PAYG customers can now pick up the Xperia Play in white for £430. If you want the handset for free on a two year contract, you’ll have to stump up £37 per month for 900 minutes and unlimited texts.
However, the bad news is that no data allowance is included, so if you want the standard 500MB per month which would go with this sort of contract normally, that’ll be £6 extra, making for a total of £43 a month.
Which seems a bit out-of-whack given that the handset will cost you over a grand at the end of that fairly standard two year deal.
On top of that, the Xperia Play has rather fizzled since its launch, with some folks certainly not convinced that it makes a great gaming device. The PS1 classics available for the handset have been disappointing, too.
Still, if you were waiting for the white version, now’s your chance to bag it. At least the PAYG price tag on O2 is more competitive (it’s £470 sim-free on Play.com, for example).